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Ron, unless there are only a few approaches in your
area there should be no requirment for DME, especially
for training. It is really nice to have but not really
worth installing any more, in my opinion.
If for some reason you need it for learning anyway, a
handheld GPS should sufice as DME source for learning
conditions.
If you need a legal DME for IFR I bet it would be
easier and maybe cheaper, but certainly better overall
to install a panel GPS. Even if not IFR Approach
certified (but enroute and terminal cert)it should be
a legal DME source.
I just think that the cost, weight, reliability, etc
these days makes it unlikely that DME is worth
installing and maintaining.
My 2 cents, Paul Werbin CFII

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Wow Tom. That thread is ten years old! I do still think DME is nice to have as it is always easy to set and forget sitting there during an approach. But still easily replaced, functionally by GPS. And it seems still expensive to repair if needed.

I had a chance to get a working KNS-80 really cheap when I first got SuperMouse - I almost did it but but the time I rolled up the install cost the 300XL was only about 1 AMU more net and provided a lot more functionality as an IFR certfied GPS/COM.

One of my rentals had a KNS-80 - it was a pretty useful little unit especially as IFR panel GPS in the early 2000s were as rare as unicorns in rental aircraft.
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Mark

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